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Stuck in the Middle?
Dave Coley
Why is getting stuck in the middle (=mixing the 3 types of competitive advantage) so problematic? Could an intelligent mix of these 3 be preferable?
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Mixed strategy = unprofitable
Gary Hawkins If a firm does not dedicate itself to one of the 3 strategies by Porter, it will almost certainly suffer from poor profitability. Why? Because it will...  |
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Multiple business units
Magnus Porter mentioned that is is possible that firms create multiple seperate business units and can then realize multiple strategies.... |
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Three-circle analysis
Jane As it happens I am just reading an interesting short article in the HBR (Nov 2007) from professors Urbany and Davis on competitive advantage. They dev... |
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Stuck in the middle is not so bad
David From experience I think that practically 'stuck in the middle' is not nearly as bad in reality as it may seem from a scholarship angle. Lots of custom... |
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Stuck in the middle and environment
C J Jacobs A common theme of current strategic thinking is the relationship between an organisation’s resources and capabilities as well as the way these are pos... |
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Porter on Stuck in the Middle
Jaap de Jonge, CEO, Netherlands, Editor In Competitive Advantage (p 17) Porter says: "A firm that is stuck in the middle will earn attractive profits only if the structure of the industry is... |
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Comment
Fereidoon, Student (MBA), Iran, Member Don't forget trade-off because of them you can't be better than who specially active in one of those fields... With mix you just blur your strategy.... |
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